Women In Medicine

In a 2023 survey published in JAMA Network Open, women physicians reported being responsible for 58.4% of family maintenance, including childcare or eldercare, and 49.2% of household duties compared with their spouses or partners.

On this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, Laura Periman, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, are live from Women in Ophthalmology discussing the meeting, their takeaways, empowering women and the practice of gratitude.

DALLAS — Results presented here showed the perception of work-life balance approached significant difference among male and female orthopedic surgeons, as well as among physicians initially interested in arthroplasty.

Monique A. Hartley-Brown, MD, MMSc, turns life challenges into the desire and initiative to “change things for the better.”

Women continue to be underrepresented globally in authorship of oncology publications, specifically as senior authors, according to study results.

Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed an increase in the percentage of women matched for hand fellowship between 2017 and 2024.

CHICAGO — In this Healio video exclusive, Sandra Swain, MD, FACP, FASCO, discusses identifying and finding your passion as a woman in medicine and the importance of uplifting young women researchers.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, program chair Anna Momont, MD, encourages ophthalmologists to attend next year’s meeting.

Using data from U.S. residency programs between 2008 and 2022, published results showed female physicians may be underrepresented among residents entering high-compensation pipeline specialties.

CHICAGO — In this Healio video exclusive, Hansa Bhargava, MD, talks with Eve Bloomgarden, MD, about finding and following your passions, and the importance of obtaining a different perspective at the Women in Medicine Summit.